Monthly Archives: November 2005

Stumbled on this online survival guide, which is based on training materials issued to soldiers serving in the U.S. Marine Corps. Weapons and explosives training are not prerequisites, near as I can tell.

Got this e-mail from John Fedak last night: Stumbled across your blog this past weekend and found it quite a great resource. Keep up the good work! Here’s some more links that may be of interest to you. Ventana Wilderness…

The folks at whiteblaze.net recount some of the dumbest things they’ve seen on the Appalachian Trail. Farmer was lighting his alcohol stove, suddenly things went bad, other things begin to catch fire, so he grabbed his ‘water’ bottle to douse…

L.A. Times has an interesting piece on night hikes. From Griffith Park to Irvine to the Westside, cadres of hikers answer a call to hike these dark wilderness areas most nights of the week. They pound out tough miles in…